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Recently I found a very easy and useful tool to access devices (USB, HDD, in-fact drive on which Mac OSX is installed), from windows. MacDrive : Once you install MacDrive, it will reboot and all the drives which are Mac-formatted will be mounted alongside the Windows partitions. Having said that, there is a BIG problem. ITS NOT FREE. But, you can use the trial version, when in need.

Recently I came across Ubuntu version of WinUSB, a popular tool to make bootable Windows USB. I found it to be easy and simple. Here is the official website , where you can get this tool.

Here is a open source software repository, which contains almost every version of the packages. This will be useful for all those who need any older version of the package, which sometimes is difficult to find. So, I'm sharing the link here: http://olex.openlogic.com/ Type the package name in search field and select the version you need.

Looking for a app can do your work better with little/no effort, then here it is. Fotor is the best all-in-one photo editing application! Perfectly combine the windows 8 user experience with cutting-edge tools including Basic Editing Tools, Brilliant Visual Effects, Frames, 1-Tap Enhance, Collage, Text, Tilt Shift and Raw Converter, all bundled together in one powerful package!  Fotor Windows 8 app - photo editing tool Features : Collage :  Enjoy the freedom to arrange your pictures however you want with three different modes of collage: Template Collage, Photo Stitching and Shuffle Collage. Add Text : Input plain text or choose a stylish text template, personalize your photos by adding your own commentary, thoughts and messages for others to see, or just add notes to help you remember.  Raw Converter : RAW converter with tone mapping supports over 100 camera RAW formats. Import the RAW files and Fotor will take care of the rest. Powerful Editing :...

I recently found this great app, really superb. Give it a try. Here is the official description: Meet Fresh Paint – a delightfully realistic and fun painting application for you and your family. Fresh Paint is an easy-to-use, free app that includes oil paint and all the tools you need to paint. Whether you are an aspiring artist, parent or child (or child at heart), Fresh Paint will help you unleash your inner creativity. We believe that brilliant, creative ideas can come from anyone, anytime. It’s time to set your creativity free. Welcome to Fresh Paint – the canvas for your big ideas. Features Experience highly realistic oil paint. It works just like real oil on a canvas, but just a little easier. Paint without the mess, clean-up and costly supplies. Help your kids be creative and explore their imagination. Blend and mix paints to get just the colour you want. Turn your photos into paintings with Fresh Paint. Import a photo, and then just brush and blend the colour...

Case 1: If you are on a internet connection that doesn't require any proxy settings, everything works fine. Case 2: If your internet connection requires some proxy settings(without authentication), then try this method: Open internet explorer and set the proxy under Internet Options>Connections>Lan Settings. Now open Command Prompt with Administrative privileges(On start screen type "command prompt", right click on the command prompt app and click on "Run as administrator" which is visible on the bottom of the screen). Now type the following command and press enter. netsh winhttp import proxy source=ie Restart the PC and check out. Case 3: If your internet connection requires some proxy settings with username and password, then try this method: Install fiddler Now please install this addon Open fiddler and click on Win8 config, then click "Excempt All" Restart your system Set the proxy details in proxyfier or proxyfire Alwa...

I tried to activate my Windows 8 Enterprise, and to my surprise I can't find a way to enter the product key. I later found this method to be useful. First open the command prompt. To do so, press Windows + r key and type cmd and press enter, or just press Windows key and type command prompt and hit it. Now type the following command and press enter: SLUI.EXE 3 Now you will see a window prompting you to enter the key. Enter the key and press activate. Bingo...

Safe Mode is a great way to get into your system when something won't allow you to start up normally. Troubleshooting becomes a breeze when corrupted drivers and files aren't loaded that prevents a system from functioning. It used to be as easy as pressing F8 when the system starts up, but doing so with Windows 8 will take you to Automatic Repair Mode. The trick to getting back to good old fashioned Safe Mode? Hold down the Shift key and press F8 while booting up. This takes you to the Recovery mode. Select "advanced options," then "troubleshoot," then the "advanced options" again (there are a lot of advanced options). Select  Windows Startup Settings  and finally the  Restart  button. This will reboot the computer and give you the option to boot into Safe Mode. If you need to get into Safe Mode from within Windows, open the dialog box (the Windows key + R) and type " msconfig " (no quote marks). Select the  Boot  tab and check the...

Create a shortcut on your desktop (right-click, go to  New,  then  Shortcut ). Enter "shutdown.exe /s /t 00" as the location of the item, and press  Next . Now name the shortcut (prefereably "Shutdown") and press  Finish . Right-click the shortcut, and navigate to  Properties . Choose  Change Icon  in the Shortcut tab, and then  OK  to leave the warning box. Choose an icon of your choice from the list. In the screenshot above, you'll see we chose a Power button. Right-click the shortcut again, and select  Pin to Start . You can place the icon on your Start screen wherever it's convenient. Clicking it will instantly shut down your computer. For shutdown : shutdown.exe /s /t 00 For restart : shutdown.exe /r /t 00 For Hibernating: shutdown.exe /h

One of biggest complaints about Windows 8 is that it boots straight to the Start screen—an annoyance for many committed desktop users. To boot into the Desktop directly, just follow this simple procedure. Go to the start screen and type in schedule to search for Schedule tasks in Settings. Click on Task Scheduler Library to the left, and select Create Task . Name your task something like "Boot to desktop." Now select the Triggers tab, choose New, and use the drop-down box to select starting the task "At log on." Click OK and go to the Actions tab, choose New, and enter "explorer" for the Program/Script value. Press OK , save the task, and restart to test it out!

The Start Screen is full of nice, big, chunky tiles that represent all your apps. The tiles are easy to see in small groups, but what if you have hundreds of apps installed? Most will be hidden from view, unless you want to do a lot of scrolling. Enter the new semantic zoom feature. If you’re using a touch display, squeeze the Start screen with two fingers to receive a bird’s eye view of your entire screen contents. And the feature is also available to mouse and keyboard users: Simply hold down the Ctrl button, and use your mouse wheel to zoom in and out. Also holding Ctrl button and pressing + or – will work. Categorize your apps  Your Start screen can become a cluttered mess if you collect too many apps and other elements that have been pinned to the screen as tiles, so take advantage of built-in organization tools that let you divide everything into labeled groups. First, drag all the tiles you want to assign to a single group to the far right-hand side of you...

Using Windows 8 is painful unless you are on a touch screen device. If you feel Windows 8 is really complicated and it’s hard to find the things on it, then you must try some shortcuts instead of moving your mouse here and there and keeps on clicking to find them. Here is a list of shortcuts you might find useful: Press the Windows key to enter the tiled Start screen. When on start screen, to search a setting or file or app, just type its name. If you are in Desktop mode, just press Windows Key and start typing. Windows Key + C: Displays Charms menu. Windows Key + X: Brings up a menu of advanced system options, including Windows Control Panel, Command Prompt, Task Manager and File Explorer. Windows Key + I: Displays the Settings menu for the current app. For example, if you’re in Internet Explorer 10, this key shows Internet options. If you’re on the Start menu, it shows general OS settings. Windows Key + Q: Brings up the apps search menu that allows you to search yo...

Getting Started Things you need: - Lion USB prepared with UniBeast (see tonymacx86.com) - Win7 install media (preferably USB stick with Win7 SP1) - Win8 install media (USB stick) - Ubuntu 12.04LTS (USB stick) (see ubuntu.com) - A blank HDD or SSD ready as install target Section A (plan your partition scheme) When setting up a multi-boot system involving Windows it is important to realize you will need to create what is known as a hybrid MBR/GPT partition scheme.  It is necessary to place all partitions intended to be accessed by Windows such that they are in sync’d MBR table.  This means they should be placed first.  For this guide, I will be setting up the following partitions on a 320GB hard drive: EFI: 200MB, created by Mac OS X Disk Utility when partitioning Win7: ~60GB, NTFS Win8: ~60GB, NTFS Transfer: ~60GB, exFAT (could use FAT32 as well) Lion:~60GB, Mac OS X Extended (journaled) Linux-Swap: 8GB (my computer has 8GB memory) Linux: a bit less than...